Editing Colm Meaney (section)

===Television and film===
[[File:Alaimo, Shimerman and Meany.jpg|thumb|left|Meaney ''(right)'' with ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' co-stars [[Marc Alaimo]] ''(left)'' and [[Armin Shimerman]] ''(middle)'']]

Meaney's first television appearance was in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' on [[BBC One]], in 1978. He guest-starred on shows such as ''[[Remington Steele]]'' and ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' before embarking on a successful film career; he received a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for Best Actor for his role in ''[[The Snapper (film)|The Snapper]]''.<ref name="Addley">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/03/colm-meaney-the-journey-martin-mcguinness-interview |title=Colm Meaney on playing Martin McGuinness: 'He was born into this' |last=Addley |first=Esther |date=3 May 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226174522/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/03/colm-meaney-the-journey-martin-mcguinness-interview|archive-date=26 February 2020|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

Meaney first appeared on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' in its 1987 pilot episode, "[[Encounter at Farpoint]]", as an unnamed helm officer. His character became a frequently recurring one, and was given the name of [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles O'Brien]] as he became more prominent in the crew as Transporter Chief. In 1993, Meaney left ''The Next Generation'' for a main role in its spin-off ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and remained on that show until its final episode, in 1999. With 225 total appearances on ''Star Trek'', he is second to [[Michael Dorn]] with the most appearances on the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Seibold |first1=Witney|title=Which Star Trek Actor Appeared In The Most Episodes?|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/992646/which-star-trek-actor-appeared-in-the-most-episodes/ |website=Slashfilm|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>

Meaney played Colum O'Hara in the 1994 miniseries ''[[Scarlett (TV miniseries)|Scarlett]]'', the sequel to ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone With the Wind]]''. He has played a minor recurring role as Cowen,<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2019 |title=10 Shows With The Best Cameos From Star Trek Actors |url=https://screenrant.com/cameos-star-trek-actors/ |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> leader of the [[Genii (Stargate)|Genii]] on the series ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/stargate-atlantis/191790|title=Stargate Atlantis on Sci Fi|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=9 December 2009}}</ref> guest-starred on ''Law & Order'', ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' and appeared as Bob O'Donnell on the ABC show ''[[Men in Trees]]''. Meaney appeared in the film ''[[Die Hard 2]]'', playing the pilot of the plane Windsor 114 that was later crashed by Colonel Stuart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Die Hard 2 (1990) - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099423/fullcredits |website=IMDB |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>

He was the only actor to appear in all three film adaptations of [[Roddy Doyle]]'s ''[[The Barrytown Trilogy]]'', as the father of the Rabbitte family. His stage appearances include the Old Vic production of [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''. Meaney starred in the British comedy film ''[[Three and Out]]'' (released in the UK on 25 April 2008). In July of the same year [[An Post]] (the Irish Post Office<ref>[http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/History+and+Heritage/History/ An Post—the Irish Post Office] An Post (retrieved 28 May 2018)</ref>) issued a postage stamp showing Meaney as Joe Mullen in the film ''[[Kings (2007 film)|Kings]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Warren|first=Brian|title=That Was the Year That Was–2008 (part 1)|journal=The Revealer|volume=58|issue=4|page=63|publisher=Éire Philatelic Association|location=Seminole, FL|date=Spring 2009|issn=0484-6125}}</ref><!-- access-date=19 March 2009 -->

In 2009, Meaney co-starred with [[Gerard Butler]] and [[Jamie Foxx]] in ''[[Law Abiding Citizen]]'', playing Detective Dunnigan. In March 2009, Meaney voiced an Irish bartender on the St. Patrick's Day episode of ''The Simpsons'', "[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]". In the same month the film ''[[The Damned United]]'' was released, a mostly fictional retelling of the 44-day period in which [[Brian Clough]] was manager of [[Leeds United F.C.]] Meaney played former Leeds manager [[Don Revie]]. He co-starred in ''[[Soldiers of Fortune (2012 film)|Soldiers of Fortune]]''. In 2013, Meaney co-starred in ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]''. In 2014, he appeared as The Horse in the BBC's three-part crime story ''[[The Driver (TV series)|The Driver]]''. For five seasons he portrayed railroad magnate [[Thomas C. Durant]] on [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s drama series ''[[Hell on Wheels (TV series)|Hell on Wheels]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Colm Meaney talks about Hell on Wheels|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/08/interview-colm-meaney-talks-about-hell-on-wheels/|website=Flickering Myth|access-date=7 May 2017|date=16 August 2015}}</ref>